He took a Corvette ENGINE, put it on a BIKE and DESTROYED the DRAGSTRIP! 500hp v8 HOMEMADE DRAGSTER!

[@zopEnglandzip]

A period in motorsports where ideas won and nobody had endless money, dangerous and comparatively slow but in many ways more impressive.

[@Steamboattx]

I've had a Rollin burnout get a little sideways on me before but I can't imagine how terrifying the drag strip was to this guy 😳 😂 1/4 mile of redline burnout from a stand still with all that weight jumping back and forth.... he's one of a kind 👏🏻

[@JeffKopis]

Obviously HE wasnt terrified at all, or he wouldnt have done it. Big brass balls!

[@Steamboattx]

@@JeffKopis more like titanium balls 🤣

[@shelleyking8450]

Imagine how fast he would have been with today's drag tires. Or a clutch that could handle the power.

[@JeffKopis]

Today's Pro Stock bikes run high 6's at 200, and they only have 400 hp

[@Gothmaugh]

I grew up listening to my dad and grandpa talk about him. Still mad to think about.

[@thewatcher5271]

Yeah, That Was Great! Thanks For Sharing.

[@alexmaccity]

Sets a whole new meaning to one tire fire.

[@BergasJuergas]

Gràcies per el vídeo!!! Salutacions des de Mallorca Bros!!! Alobiuu Willy Boom!!!

[@Allen-c4e]

I've had a 500 cc Honda back wheel let loose on wet roads and it was scary!!! Can't imagine what this must have done to this guys heartbeat!

[@JNAMOTORSPORTS]

It’s not scary and it’s easy I spin the tires on my Harley in the wet. You need to know how to handle or control a bike.

[@TurboJailer]

Cool video about a home town hero, thanks for making it. There's a TON more stories about the crazy stuff he did back in the day from the locals here that knew him.

[@sufiyan6115]

Love this channel man, keep up the good work. Can't wait to see what bike you'll feature in the next video

[@wierdbike]

I have something around 40-50 unique stories, my friend☺️ Thank you🤝

[@sufiyan6115]

@@wierdbike now I'm waiting for them all😭✨💎

[@peteypops]

Saw Potter and his Chevy at Santa Pod….brilliant

[@jimcarroll7829]

3:10 saw this guy at santa pod late sixties...totally totally insane.modern drag bikes may be quicker but trust me they are nowhere near the spectacle of the madman.

[@rsmith3033]

any body would have to give him much respect for b n a hell of a rider fabracator, an one hell of a dare/devil my hat is off to Mr. E.J.Potter thanks

[@RobinBrowne-k6k]

Watched him in Savannah Ga. in 1971.

[@Grooty79]

MADD in Darwin used to do the same stuff but with his back tyre on fire 😊

[@kcav5374]

I met him once with the Bloody Mary' at the Livonia Barn Show, he told me "That bike never worked right & I'm probably glad it didn't!"

[@wierdbike]

😅

[@DM-wp9vq]

Good on ya mate, legeeennnnnd!

[@darylsmioth1904]

I wonder how long he had to shut that motor down without frying it due to lack of cooling system? Great for drag racing probably the way it was but not so great for street application.

[@TurboJailer]

It ran on methanol, no cooling needed.

[@3866TIM]

Great story!

[@wierdbike]

Totally agree!🤝

[@pb68slab18]

Ever notice how EVERY small block Chevy in ANY type of hot-rod is out of a Corvette?

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

Another Amazing Video!!

[@rkirschner7175]

Michigan here. 👍❤🙏😺🙀

[@paulmatthews7193]

If he could get the rear tyre to grip it would have flipped I'm sure but if that would have happened we wouldn't have seen quarter mile flat out rolling burn outs.EJ Potter what a mad man 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@middlesiderrider]

8 second quarter mile in the 1970s? Big deal. The Russ Collins CB750-powered Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe motorcycle ran 7.80 seconds at 179 mph in 1973 and was the first bike into the sevens.

[@SMHman666]

middles..... So what! I see you can't simply appreciate what someone else has done without turning it into a cock measuring contest. Collins had bucket loads of $ anyway.

[@harshadsubhash]

All the videos are "eh, this kind of legends did rome this earth"... I liked the Toularis episode very much. Please dont stop bringing such awesome content. PS : would love to see your version of story of newzealand's "The Fastest Indian"

[@txrick4879]

I remember he could smoke the tire the whole 1/4 MI .

[@straightchad8059]

A scientific madman

[@leedavidson7314]

Remember the episode of American pickers where they got them bikes

[@johnvanberrgem286]

Where did the cooling of the engine come from?

[@genekrafft948]

Probably didn't have a cooling system. A lot of drag racers ran dry block. They didn't run long enough to be a problem

[@stevetaylor9265]

You should have seen some of his tractors

[@cedhome7945]

Now that's my kind of madman !

[@peterherrington3300]

Santa pod US 1966 ? 😂😂😂😂 it's in northampton mate , just north of london

[@amelierenoncule]

I'd say, mes amis, that what he 'destroyed ', was his shorts...after he went "Full-Pant-load" !

[@DailyDrivenBikes_1]

That bike does a 1/4 mile rolling burn out.

[@mr.lawrence7321]

What did I just watch? Cross between Wraith, Fast N Furious 1,2 n 3.

[@wierdbike]

idk

[@tb8573]

It´s a shame the ridiculous Boss Hoss bikes don´t look as at 3:44 and 4:21.

[@nickexarheas2880]

How did he travel the world? On the back of a lorry?

[@gigiiggi7138]

Why the stupid music? Sorry, I have to turn it off.

[@daniellang6112]

LOVE IT!!

[@tommccallan8802]

I wish I could've met him..

[@markniilo]

Gashandle? Lol.

[@steveogee7458]

Mike Wolfe bought two them.

[@Sergio-ih6lk]

The man had no fear just saying.

[@tz6414]

Needed a wider rear tyre..

[@middlesiderrider]

"A.J. Potter"? "kaygee" instead of saying kilogram? It's no wonder people think this is being read by AI. It's obviously written by AI.

[@michaelangelo8001]

WTF is a "kilometer"..?

[@briankearn6991]

It’s the combined length of one thousand metres.

[@ianturpin9180]

Alan Millard of the UK has built a road legal V10 viper engined motorcycle. It holds the 2 up speed record over 1 mile in the UK.

[@MrThedoctor1972]

V10 Corvette?

[@ianturpin9180]

@@MrThedoctor1972 yes a V10 corvette engine. You can see it here on KZbin.

[@MrThedoctor1972]

Corvette is a V8,dodge viper is a v10,have watched viper10 video

[@ianturpin9180]

@@MrThedoctor1972 oops my bad.will edit. Thanks.

[@davidemantovi6678]

What about the cooling of the engine?

[@Afro408]

I was wondering that as well, but I guess it didn’t matter for a short run. 🤷‍♂️😅 Good on him.

[@wierdbike]

That’s right🤝

[@miketee2444]

Probably running alcohol with the Hillborn inj. That helps alot. That and filling the block with water.

[@txrick4879]

Not needed , the motor only ran a few seconds .

[@TurboJailer]

@@miketee2444 Yes it ran on alcohol so no extra cooling needed.

[@bigiron8831]

NITRO BUMS RACING RKFD ILLINOIS

[@watahyahknow]

wouldnt want to ride that bike if my life depended on it , i rather die a normal death than spread out like wet sawdust over a quarter mile

[@cindys1819]

"Something like NASCAR where f as nsxare constantly waiting for b the next collision on the track" (and they show a 1960's big stock car going airborne and going over the track outer wall) WOW we hat a nice opinion this limey has of Americans!!! 😮

[@bitemykrank1970]

Allan Millyard did it so much better. His Viper V10 engined motorcycle leaves this pile of junk for dead in quality and engineering. Built with hand tools in a garden shed.

[@genekrafft948]

Just a matter of opinion

[@SMHman666]

​@@genekrafft948 I think it's a fairly radical piece of gear. Guys like bitemykrank talk sh*t and wouldn't know a bike from their a**hole!

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

"E" J Potter. Not "A" J Potter.... Dufus

[@standonald5145]

This would have been brilliant to watch if it was not for the bloody awful annoying music , if you do a video like this again DONT play crap over the voice .

[@wierdbike]

It’s boring without audio, sorry

[@standonald5145]

Someone else also made a comment about the music, so it's not just me that finds music over a pain in the arse , there are umpteen people out there who seem to think oh I must put sum tuneless crap tunes to accompany this no it's just wrong , it's like watching a professional car sprayer puting candy apple red on an A C Cobra and listening to a 9" grinder cutting through corrugated iron .

[@wierdbike]

Hey, mister, do you understanding something in this???

[@MickH60]

@@standonald5145 Get over yourself mate FFS, you whinge like a little girl...

[@greggminkoff6733]

It's E J , NOT A J. Right after that mistake I quit watching your video. If you can't get the name right, there's nothing in this video that would interest me.

[@wierdbike]

Whatever you say, doc

[@MickH60]

No great loss, how childish...

[@nozzledrich]

Unlistenable with the voice